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Classic Serial: By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier

By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier

20/07/2014

BBC Radio 4 - Classic Serial, By a Young Officer: Churchill on the North West Frontier

Churchill's 1897 adventure as a war correspondent in the hostile Afghan-Pakistani border.

By Michael Eaton. 4 Extra Debut. Winston Churchill's 1897 adventure as a war correspondent in the hostile Afghan-Pakistani border mountains. Stars Douglas Booth.

Douglas Booth stars as the young Winston Churchill. The year is 1897 and news is just reaching London that Islamic insurgents are causing havoc in the mountainous border between British India and Afghanistan.

Written by Michael Eaton
Director: Dirk Maggs

Producer: David Morley
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